Melissa Burke

Melissa Burke is a Senior University Counsel specializing in all areas of employment law. Prior to joining the General Counsel's Office, she was the Director of Legal Content at Law.com where she was responsible for the development and daily publication of practice-specific news and information to legal professionals. Prior to her position at Law.com, Ms. Burke specialized in employment and Internet law in the Silicon Valley office of San Francisco-based Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (now, Pillsbury Winthrop).

She is a graduate of Harvard College and Hastings College of the Law where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. After graduating from Hastings, Ms. Burke clerked for the Honorable William H. Orrick in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.